Table 5 Kaplan–Meier survival plots comparing higher and lower groups for BP result

From: Characteristics of visit-to-visit blood pressure variability in hemodialysis patients

Variable

Total death (P-value)

Cardiovascular death (P-value)

Non-cardiovascular death (P-value)

Pre-VIM-SBP (higher group ≥12.5)

0.020

0.047

0.227

Post-VIM-SBP (higher group ≥12.3)

0.013

0.236

0.008

Maximum Δ SBP (higher group ≥60 mmHg)

0.225

0.324

0.479

Average Δ SBP (higher group ≥33.3 mmHg)

0.071

0.121

0.350

Percentage of Δ SBP (higher group ≥20.6 %)

0.364

0.954

0.151

Minimum of the lowest SBP (higher group ≥106 mmHg)

0.140

0.316

0.184

Average of the lowest SBP (higher group ≥125 mmHg)

0.429

0.916

0.322

Minimum of the lowest SBP (higher group ≥110 mmHg)

0.107

0.168

0.324

Average of the lowest SBP (higher group ≥110 mmHg)

0.181

0.462

0.205

  1. VIM variation independent of mean, pre-VIM-SBP VIM of pre-dialysis SBP, post-VIM-SBP VIM of post-dialysis SBP, SBP systolic blood pressure, Δ SBP difference between the highest and lowest values of SBP, percentage of Δ SBP Δ SBP × 100/the highest SBP
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